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[WP] For over a century, legendary pirate captains have come and gone. Unbeknownst to the world, it was never any of the captains that were so great. It was The Parrot- a single parrot that controls its pirate host.

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[WP] After death, a couple is separated. One of them goes to Heaven; the other goes to hell. This is the story of how one of them tries to get kicked out of Heaven, and how the other tries to ascend from Hell.

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[EU] As a mouse, cheese has been harder and harder to come by around here. Whether it's extracting cheese from mystical crystals or hacking into computerized safes, this mouse is filled with determination—there is no cheese it cannot reach.

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[WP] Cryogenically frozen thousands of years ago, but forgotten, a cryopod opens in a long-abandoned facility.

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[WP] A hitman is hired to assassinate a target. The target, it turns out, is also a hitman hired to assassinate a different target. This chain continues until it comes full circle. Eventually, they start to notice this deadly game that they've been sucked into playing.

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[WP] A fired (or retired) detective that handles every little problem like it's a serious case.

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[WP] Someone falls asleep on a flight. When they wake up, the airplane is still in the air, flying normally, but there are no passengers or crew to be found anywhere.

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[WP] "This town's got demons. Sure. But it ain't haunted."

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[WP] No one knows how far down the hole goes. Some say it's a portal to Hell, others say it never ends. Commit a serious crime and you'll get to see for yourself.

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[TT] The Library of Babel is an infinite library that contains every possible book (most of them being gibberish). You are a monk tasked with finding the great book, The Ultimate Truth.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[WP] For over a century, legendary pirate captains have come and gone. Unbeknownst to the world, it was never any of the captains that were so great. It was The Parrot- a single parrot that controls its pirate host.	1140	WritingPrompts
[WP] After death, a couple is separated. One of them goes to Heaven; the other goes to hell. This is the story of how one of them tries to get kicked out of Heaven, and how the other tries to ascend from Hell.	969	WritingPrompts
[EU] As a mouse, cheese has been harder and harder to come by around here. Whether it's extracting cheese from mystical crystals or hacking into computerized safes, this mouse is filled with determination—there is no cheese it cannot reach.	118	WritingPrompts
[WP] Cryogenically frozen thousands of years ago, but forgotten, a cryopod opens in a long-abandoned facility.	115	WritingPrompts
[WP] A hitman is hired to assassinate a target. The target, it turns out, is also a hitman hired to assassinate a different target. This chain continues until it comes full circle. Eventually, they start to notice this deadly game that they've been sucked into playing.	97	WritingPrompts
[WP] A fired (or retired) detective that handles every little problem like it's a serious case.	86	WritingPrompts
[WP] Someone falls asleep on a flight. When they wake up, the airplane is still in the air, flying normally, but there are no passengers or crew to be found anywhere.	82	WritingPrompts
[WP] "This town's got demons. Sure. But it ain't haunted."	68	WritingPrompts
[WP] No one knows how far down the hole goes. Some say it's a portal to Hell, others say it never ends. Commit a serious crime and you'll get to see for yourself.	65	WritingPrompts
[TT] The Library of Babel is an infinite library that contains every possible book (most of them being gibberish). You are a monk tasked with finding the great book, The Ultimate Truth.	62	WritingPrompts